THEHORN wrote:Well what do you expect from Sarah Palin ? And people have the nerve to
sneer at Obama for his alleged reliance on a teleprompter?
The thought of Sarah as President makes me delirious.I don't know whether it would be horrifying or hilarious.

I think Colleen has that one unwrapped in spates. Got a lot of chuckles in that list, but as Henry says, it's Entertainment, and written by the pro-bates. And you think politicians AREN'T entertainers? :) OK, I'm forest to continue: It was reported in New Scientist that an office worker described a...

Maybe NOT so dumb ... Norm Crosby, king of malaprops, made a pretty good living speaking from his 'diagram' and drinking 'decapitated' coffee. :) We've been chuckling over malapropisms and other speech errors since I can remember: "...promise to forget this fellow - to illiterate him, I say, quite f...

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61ksvgUOrkL._SL500_AA300_.jpg I'm not a fan of most animated films, but I've read great reviews and heard from people who have seen it, that it is an over-the-top movie for all ages, enjoyed by both genders. Still showing in the theaters, but will probably be g...

Oh goody, Colleen is posting again. :D Like you I wanted to make an exceptional trip to see this in the cinema, but neither local town (Saratoga, Glens Falls) thought it mainstream enough to show to the local general audience. So now I wait for Netflix. This is true of a lot of outlying (did I spel...

Reminds me a little of "Snow Falling on Cedars", another novel about the nissan (as well as third and even fourth generation "gisan") Japanese sent to American concentration camps for the duration of the war. It was televised, but the book was much better. It too involved Seattle and Bainbridge Isl...

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Ib3hapgiL._SL500_AA300_.jpg I seldom see movies in the theatre, but after watching the trailers and reading reviews, I decided this was worth the effort. (sometimes I get a kick out of gaffes, and I chuckled when one reviewer referred to King George VI's daug...

My book club has chosen this wonderful work for this month. A review from one Amazon reader: As I wipe my teary eyes, I am amazed at the extraordinary journey I have just experienced reading Jamie Ford's "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet." The hotel is the Panama Hotel, an old dilapidated la...

Colleen and Rob and David (Ross): I apologize for mistakenly placing David (Ross) on my "foes" list twice. The first time was a while back, and the waters smoothed for a while, so I occasionaly lifted the veil to see what he had to say. In order to do that, the CMG system allows you to "Display thi...

Dear Colleen, As I read your response to HoustonDavid, you were calling into question his previous statement that he had put DavidRoss on his foes list. Your evidence for this questioning, as I read your statement, at least, was that HoustonD seemed to keep on responding to DavidRoss posts which he...

Dear Colleen, As I read your response to HoustonDavid, you were calling into question his previous statement that he had put DavidRoss on his foes list. Your evidence for this questioning, as I read your statement, at least, was that HoustonD seemed to keep on responding to DavidRoss posts which he...

David (Ross), I too am amazed at your response. I don't believe it is your political persuasion that offends me so much as your personal vitriol and anger against so many people. You say that you insult no one, you only insult their beliefs and behavior. Is it not possible to see that calling someo...

Tsk, tsk, tsk, David (Ross), there you go again with your favorite word to end all arguments. You do much better when you stick to your usually well-thought-out and documented points of view. We could all do better if we did the same. Who is we and what could we all do better if we do what the same...

A summary why I've chosen to spend my time away from the Pub. I've heard it all before - over and over again, and see nothing gained in the way of intelligent political discussion from the tone of thei board. I was thinking along those lines ... like, what if we had a thread called: What new thing ...

David (Ross), I too am amazed at your response. I don't believe it is your political persuasion that offends me so much as your personal vitriol and anger against so many people. You say that you insult no one, you only insult their beliefs and behavior. Is it not possible to see that calling someo...

The fact that this thread, about anger, in general, including my own, has once again polarized along partisan lines is so illustrative of our growing problem. That's the crux: everything, absolutely everything, is being treated along these partisan lines, including earlier "ice outs" in Maine! Peop...

Does it belong here? Ask yourself, how would your anger against another be dealt with on Facebook, a site intended for "light" socialization between friends? I'm having an issue with it myself: my own anger and that of others who use the "WTF" and who engage in extaordinarily vicious and vindictive...

The story you site is absolutely lame compared to the Edwards story. You call infidelity by a nationally known Presidential candidate a yawn, but then you site a story on rogue cops? Have you ever heard of Serpico? Puleeeezee... :roll: Talk about a sleeper! Try this on for size... The Edwards story...

The story you site is absolutely lame compared to the Edwards story. You call infidelity by a nationally known Presidential candidate a yawn, but then you site a story on rogue cops? Have you ever heard of Serpico? Puleeeezee... :roll: Talk about a sleeper! Try this on for size... The Edwards story...

Finally -- These are the jurors for investigative reporting. Melanie Sill*, editor and senior vice president, The Sacramento Bee (chair) David Murray, managing editor, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio Gretchen Morgenson*, assistant business and financial editor, The New York Times Jeffry Couch, editor and vi...

It ended the political career of one of the most promising liberal Presidential candidates of the last decade. Also he certainly was the odds on favorite for an Attorney General position with Obama. Check out the stuff that actually won and see how the Edwards story compares. I did, and the Edwards...

:D :D In Madame's soul, she is as tall as a Frisian princess. An Eight-Cow Wife by author unknown My trip to the Kiniwata Island in the Pacific was a memorable one. Although the island was beautiful and I had an enjoyable time, the thing I remember most about my trip was the fact "Johnny Lingo gave ...

It ended the political career of one of the most promising liberal Presidential candidates of the last decade. Also he certainly was the odds on favorite for an Attorney General position with Obama. Check out the stuff that actually won and see how the Edwards story compares. I did, and the Edwards...

Allow me to say, though, from personal experience, that anger is a very powerful corrosive, very much like a strong acid and can cause significant damage to the vessel in which it is kept. Excellent - I heard a variation which said it destroys the vessel in which it is stored, rather than the one o...

I have to take even my regular household garbage to the dump, pardon me transfer station. There's no curb pickup of anything in Stony Creek. I suspect that's true for a good part of the country which is either sparsely populated or economically flat, or both. The entire greater Puget Sound area is ...

Good Lord! Sadly, there is a wide audience for these tabloids who believe the salacious stories. I'm not sure if you're aware, but The National Enquirer broke the Edwards story while the MSM completely ignored it. The National Enquirer was nominated for a Pulitzer for their excellent investigative ...

But hating Catholics is the new fashion, so I expect it to continue unabated. Despising the heart and soul of Western civilization is ever so trendy. I have this theory that subjectivity is rooted in personal memory, for all of us, you, me, John, Madame, everybody! My personal memories, as a 13 yea...

I believe you missed the point of the columnist. These people would make great popes? It seems to me that they have chosen their apostolates precisely to avoid having to deal in an apologistic way with their church being "male chauvinist, homophobic and so out of touch that it bars the use of condom...

Good Lord! Sadly, there is a wide audience for these tabloids who believe the salacious stories. I'm not sure if you're aware, but The National Enquirer broke the Edwards story while the MSM completely ignored it. The National Enquirer was nominated for a Pulitzer for their excellent investigative ...

By Nicholas D. Kristof Op-Ed Columnist Maybe the Catholic Church should be turned upside down. Jesus wasn’t known for pontificating from palaces, covering up scandals, or issuing Paleolithic edicts on social issues. Does anyone think he would have protected clergymen who raped children? Yet if the t...

"The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder." - Ralph W. Sockman Chalkie, none of us knows more than a little, even about the things we have some "expertise" in...and per the old saws, the more real expertise we have, the more we are humbled by recognition of how shallow...

Hey, naked women celebrating Earth Day on their bikes, topless women protesting social norms favoring topless men, and the notorious 1998 case of the topless lawnmower rider in Newport In 1998, a Newport woman mowed her lawn while topless. A neighbor complained and the town ended up voting on wheth...

Yikes! I guess each area is different. This is the deal where I live: Regular garbage pick-up - can include empty/dry water base paint cans along with typical garbage items. (No yard waste). (Includes dirty disposable baby diapers, yuck. I'm all in favor of using the old-fashioned cloth diapers, eve...

Lauran Neergaard covers health and medical issues for The Associated Press in Washington. WASHINGTON — Better beat the crowd and find a doctor. Primary care physicians already are in short supply in parts of the country, and the landmark health overhaul that will bring them millions more newly insu...

Apart from my total addiction to The Saul Chronicles I couldn't function as a lawyer and law professor without being both online and doing research. So that's why I have two PCs, three laptops and two netbooks. :) And a http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:2EaJi73-68wG_M:http://www.porterfieldsfinear...

Two weeks ago. I was lost. After a week it wasn't so bad. Then I kind of liked it. Caught up on other things. Saw a few old friends. Visited the curling club in Seattle and met some new people. Over the weekend got it repaired, upgraded, and screaming fast. Retrieved backed up files, re-installed a...

Two weeks ago. I was lost. After a week it wasn't so bad. Then I kind of liked it. Caught up on other things. Saw a few old friends. Visited the curling club in Seattle and met some new people. Over the weekend got it repaired, upgraded, and screaming fast. Retrieved backed up files, re-installed ap...

I received an advance letter dated March 8 (USPS). (I haven't checked today's mail.) This is the content of the letter ... interesting. Dear Resident: About one week from now, you will receive a 2010 Census form in the mail. When you receive your form, please fill it out and mail it in promptly. Yo...